Throughout Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse set of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and also hold a tactical bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time and energy to procure Bataan. When japan soldiers start to reconstruct the bridge along with progress, the group fights with gun fire, sickness and not just desire, but the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.